St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-03
ment of the Platte and ordered to report in.
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| meat of the Platte and ordered to report in
person to the commanding general depart
| ment of Texas, for assignment to duty
Maj. Alfred E. Bates, paymaster, U. S. A.,
will leave st. Paul for Helena, Mont, in day
or two to relieve Maj. John L. Blaine. pay
master, U. S. A., ut that point temporarily Of
| his duties in consequence of the illness OF the
latter.
! Johnson Whitaker, the colored cadet who
] gained such renown few years ago while
attending the military academy at West Point
| as victim of hazng, is nowliving in Charles
| ton, 5. c.. and Is the junior member OF u
leading law firm of that city.
| William Bethon, clerk in the adjutant
! generals office at department headquarters
| In this city, has been transferred to the cler-
| 1cal force at the hea iquarterS or the recruit
ing service in New York city, and will leave
| for his new sphere of duty the latter part of
! this week
! Private Charles w. Forsyth Company G,
! Nineteenth infantry, sold the department
gold medal ana silver sklrmish medal. which
he won in the rifle competition of 1886 OF the
department. of Texas, and is in consequence
prohibited from participating In any future
department competitions.
First Lieut.. Can roll III. Devol, Twenty
Firth infantry, on leave of absence from Fort
Smelling, was married on the 18th ult., at
New Orleans, to Miss Dora Dean Scott,
daughter of DR.. Joseph T. Scott, of that city.
arrive at the fort some time this week.
The order from the war department, am
nouncing the acceptance OF the resignation
OF Second Lieut.. Joseph S. Powell, signal
corps, has been revoked it having been rep
resented to the secretary of war that Lieut..
Powell was suffering mental alteration at
the time 1t Yves rendered by him.
The resignation of Second Lieutenant Bald
win ID. Spilmau, Seventh cavalry. has been
accepted by the president, to take effect
sept. l, 1887. Lieut. Spilman has been on a
leave of absence from his post, Fort Meade.
OAK, since Dec. last, and has been granted
an extension of his leave until Sept. l next.
Maj. David l.. Huntington, surgeon, q. S.
a., has been relieved from duty in the su T.
| geon generals Office at Washington, D. c.,
anu ordered to proceed to San Diego bar
| racks, Cal. and report for duty to relieve
Assistant Surgeon Robert II. White. Q. S. A,
who will proceed TO Angel Island, Cal, and
| report for duty.
BY direction of the secretary of war, Sergt.
| William +. Ratliff, Troop Nj, Seventh cavalry,
stationed at Fort Meade, OAK, and Private
James L. Fox, Company II, Fifteenth in
fantry, stationed at Fort Randall, OAK, are
to be sent by the respective post commanders
TO the army and navy general hospital at Hot
| Springs, Ark, for treatment.
| Assistant Surgeon George F. Wilson, U. S.
! a., has rejoined at Fort Shaw, Mont, from
Portland, Or, where he has been on leave of
absence. and Acting Assistant Surgeon q. l..
Cline. from Fort Assiboine, Mont, who has
been post surgeon at Fort Shaw during the
absence of Assistant Surgeon Wilson,
| turned to his station last week.
Capt. Louis S. lessen, assistant surgeon
United States army, has been relieved from
duty in the department of the East, and di
rected to proceed to Chicago, ILL.,, to report
for duty as attending surgeon at division
| headquarters, and as examiner of recruits,
in place of Surgeon C. Il. Greenleaf, who has
been ordered to Washington, D. c., for duty.
The superintendent of the recruiting serv-
ice has been directed to have the following
number of recruits prepared and forwarded
to their respective regiments: Nineteen to
the Ninth infantry, 16 to the Eighteenth in
fantry, 22 to the Second artillery, 40 to the
Fourth cavalry, 2S to the Sixth cavalry, 20
(colored) to the Twentyfourth infantry, and
% (colored) to the Ninth cavalry.